Human Resource Development Minister of India has unveiled a world’s most cheapest tablet. It looks like an iPad but is only is 1/14th of its cost. This tablet’s prototype was unveiled yesterday which will cost around $35. It is a basic touchscreen tablet computer which is capable of performing word processing, video conferencing, internet surfing. This tablet is aimed at students, which can be produced in early 2011.
Indian Government hasn’t found any manufacturer yet for the this tablet, if government finds a manufacturer than this Linux based computer would be added in the latest string of ‘World’s Cheapest” innovations in India. India is home to some of the worlds cheapest things i.e $2,100 Nano Car, a $16 water purifier and $2,000 open-heart surgery.
This tablet can be used for word processing, web browsing, video conferencing. It also has the solar power option. Kapil Sibal on Friday said that, this is India’s answer to MIT’s $100 computer.
This tablet doesn’t uses any hard disk instead of that a memory card is used, much like a mobile phone. Falling hardware cost and intelligent design have made this possible to built a touch screen tablet at this unbeatable price and the use of free open source operating system like Linux cuts software costs too
